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English
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"A small book for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of encouragement. "Happiness occurs when you forget who you're expected to be. And what you're expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It's the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are." Years ago, Matt Haig began writing notes to his future self. These notes were meant as gifts to his future self: offerings of...
2) Lab girl
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book might have been a revelatory treatise on plant life. Lab Girl is that, but it is also so much more. Because in it, Jahren also shares with us her inspiring life story, in prose that takes your breath away. Lab Girl is a book about work, about love, and about the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together....
3) Timepiece
Author
Series
Christmas box trilogy volume Prequel
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Contraluz
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Reflexiones sobre la ilusión, la supervivencia y el milagro de estar vivos Y, en la oscuridad, incluso los fragmentos de luz más minúsculos pueden brillar, llamar nuestra atención y tal vez hasta guiardnos a casa..."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Cleo Wade's second anthology of heartfelt poetry and prose builds on the wisdom of her bestselling book, Heart Talk, encouraging you to remain hopeful and harness your personal power to bring positive change into our world."-- Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Author and pastor Max Lucado celebrates God's promise to restore and renew. Max prepares readers for the journey ahead by encouraging them to trust that God is the author of new beginnings; rely on God's love and protection; hold on to enduring hope; make a difference in the lives of others; and set our sights on our eternal home.
11) Baby hope
Author
Series
Publisher
WorthyKids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Introduce little ones to the faith-affirming virtue of hope with this engaging and easy-to-understand board book."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone needs things to look forward to-big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive. In these pages, beloved author and illustrator Sophie Blackall has gathered a collection of joyful things for all of us: things that are always there if we look for them, like the sun coming up; things we can do if the sun is behind a cloud, like baking for other people or...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspiring essays and thoughtful prompts that will keep you afloat in difficult times and sustain you in the everyday. Microjoys are a practice of discerning hope and joy in each and every moment of our lives. They are accessible to all of us, at all times, if we can hone the ability to look for them. They are the hidden wisdom, subtle treasures, and ordinary...
Author
Language
English
Description
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Billy Graham presents the core message that has guided his life and calling for more than 70 years. Filled with new stories and timeless truth, Graham once again calls the world back to its spiritual priority as only he can."--www.Amazon.com.
19) Bigger than me
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Initially bewildered children learn how to navigate big concepts like democracy, pandemic, and understand things like solidarity"--
20) Hope and other superpowers: a life affirming, love-defending, butt-kicking, world-saving manifesto
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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